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On the Menu Today - Jammie Dodgers

I have no idea if anybody outside the UK has heard of these, but they are one of, if not the best biscuit going. They're been around for quite some time, certainly longer than I have! A quick google-fu tells me it was in the 1960s so yeah, a good 50 or so years.

The reason I'm on about these today is that yesterday I had a jammie dodgers ice cream and it tasted so similar that now I want to eat an entire pack. For the uninitiated, you don't just eat one or two of them, they're an entire pack sort of biscuit. You do only get 10 (or is it 12?) per pack but they're quite big and fairly filling. If you've never seen one or heard about them, here you go. By the looks of it it's 8 to a pack?! I thought it was more.

Anyway, they're possibly the ultimate biscuit, alongside bourbon biscuits. I would recommend if you're going to demolish an entire pack that you have a drink with it. They're quite crumbly and do suck all of the moisture out of your mouth. Like Viennese whirls. If you try and eat one of them whole your mouth will be as dry as the Sahara desert.

I've had a quick look and I think you can get these in the US and other countries. If not I'm sure there's places in the UK that will ship various food internationally.

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I was just about to say that Bourbon biscuits were the king when I got to the point that you mentioned them too. Feel like Custard Creams deserve an honourable mention too, alongside Pink Wafers. All of which you need a nice strong cup of Yorkshire Tea with :-)

Jammie Dodgers do indeed rock, however I'm going with Scott on this one to offer my backing to the Champion of Biscuits that is the Chocolate HobNob. The only other contender to the crown is the Chocolate Caramel HobNob. If anyone dares to come on here shouting about Rich Teas and Digestives I strongly suggest you take yourself outside and have a word.

Never heard of the brand Jammie Dodgers, but I just call them the Swedish raspberry heart cookies. That's a whole lot easier than saying, "Please pick up some KAFFEREP for me at the IKEA"

I have never set foot in an IKEA, someone once told me that they make you walk round the store in a specific way. I hate being told what to do so thats just likely to end up with me being forcibly ejected from IKEA.

I'm pretty decent at most English to American conversions. Ie, Aluminium = Aluminum, Tube = Subway, Anticlockwise = Counterclockwise, Chip = French Fry, etc. But I have to constantly remind myself that UK biscuits do not look like this:

On a side note:

Were you aware that IKEA is an acronym? It stands for I Kant Even Assemble

The World Market chain of stores sells Jammie Dodgers here in the US. I was fortunate enough to be able to find them regularly before I gave up sugar and my toddler has not known a world where they were not present. Someone also posted those biscuits from Ikea, which my wife and daughter also love, but nothing like a JD.